Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 43 Happy Event (Two in One)

The matter of borrowing money made Gu's mood depressed for two days. Every time Chunqiu saw her aunt's quiet appearance, she felt a little uncomfortable. At first, she quietly complained to Yuan Shi, but her mother held her ear He taught him a hard lesson, which made Chunqiu very unhappy.

On June [-], there was a fair in Montenegro.

This time the Yang family did not have as many things to sell as before, and there was a lot of space left on the bullock cart after piling up the things. Mrs. Yang and Li looked down. Except for Yang Weimin and Xiao Shitou, who stayed at home, everyone else sat Go to the town market in a bullock cart.

In the car, besides spring and autumn goji berries, Yuan's tea, some pheasants and hares that Yang Weisong and his brothers hunted from the mountains, and the rabbit skins left before, there are also the back baskets and some baskets made by old man Yang a few days ago, as well as daily necessities. Xiaopen, old man Yang's craftsmanship is good, the baskets are densely woven without leaking any gaps, Chunqiu once took a look at it from a distance, and has since admired her master's craftsmanship.

The soup dumpling business has come to an end. The members of the Yang family didn't wake up as early as before. By the time they arrived in the town in a bullock cart, the front stalls here had already been taken up.

Old man Yang drove the bullock cart around the whole place twice, before he found a not-so-big vacant seat in a corner in the northeast corner.

Mrs. Yang Li was a little dissatisfied with this, and after getting off the car, she kept complaining that old man Yang got up late, otherwise he would not have found such a remote place.

"Okay, you dead old woman, there are no other places, why are you making noise? Hurry up and get to work." Old man Yang interrupted Yang Li's complaints impatiently. This old lady yelled endlessly early in the morning .

"Hmph, old man, why don't you let me complain? Look at the land you are looking for. What if our things can't be sold? I plan to sell them and go to my daughter's? Juan'er will Let's go, you old man is trying to make things difficult for me..." After hearing this, Yang Li was also very angry, why is she doing this, isn't it just to see her daughter?This old man.

"Huh, my old man won't talk to you." Old man Yang glanced at Mrs. Yang and Li, muttered, then turned around and drove the ox cart away.

As soon as Yang Li looked up, he saw that no one was there. He gave the ox cart a vicious look, stomped his feet, and spat twice towards the ground before turning around and walking back to sell groceries.

The stall has already been set up by the crowd, the white cloth is thrown on the ground, and the four corners are fixed by stones, and the rabbit skins, game, and weaves to be sold on the side are placed behind the stall, and the crowd is ready to start.

Seeing Mrs. Yang and Li came back, Chunqiu couldn't help but say, "Grandma, I'm going to sell medicine."

Mrs. Yang and Li snapped her eyes, and didn't answer Chunqiu, but said to the people beside her, "Go and do whatever you want. There are me and Weisong at the stall. Go early and return early."

"Hey, mother, then I'm going to deliver the tea (purse)." Yuan Shi and Gu Shi said together.

"Go, go." Yang Lishi waved his hands impatiently, and then sat on the booth and yelled.

Chunqiu watched from the side, then silently picked up the basket and left with Yuan Shi.

"Niu Niu, go to the tea shop with mother first, and then sell Niu Niu's goji berries, okay?" Yuan Shi said in a discussing tone, pulling the girl beside her.

"Yeah, I'm not in a hurry, mother, let's get busy first." Chunqiu nodded obediently.

"Oh, mother's Niuniu is so good, I will go to cloth spinning with mother later, and mother will make new clothes for Niuniu," Yuan said with a smile, and stretched out her hand to shave Chunqiu's nose.Yuan Shi has made a lot of money these days because of the tea, especially now that the weather is getting hotter and hotter, the adults are easy to talk about, but the clothes on the children are still too rough, Yuan Shi remembered the red back of the girl before One piece, I felt a little uncomfortable, and made up my mind to buy some good fabrics this time to make a few more clothes for my children.

"No need, mother, Qiu'er has clothes." Chunqiu shook his head, feeling a little distressed about money, ancient fabrics cost a lot per foot, and she still has the old clothes, so I don't want them anymore.

Yuan looked down at her young but very sensible girl, felt a little sad unconsciously, reached out to touch Chunqiu's head, looked at Chunqiu softly and said, "It's okay, mother earns a lot of money, everyone in our family does it. Is one good?"

Chunqiu looked up at her mother's serious look, then smiled like a little sunflower, and nodded in agreement, "Okay, everyone in our family will make one."

"Okay, then let's go." Yuan patted Chunqiu's little head, took Chunqiu's little hand and walked into the crowd. Both mother and daughter are in a good mood now.

Pinmingxuan is no different from two months ago, it is still so grand and magnificent, but the people who come here are not as cautious as they were two months ago.

Yuan shi took Chunqiu in with ease and went straight to the room of shopkeeper Li on the second floor.

"Oh, Mrs. Yuan is here, but she's a rare visitor." Li Xuan was enjoying the beautiful scenery of the town on the second floor, when he suddenly heard the sound from the stairs, put down the teacup in his hand, got up and turned his head.

"Shopkeeper Li, long time no see. I'm here to trouble you again." Yuan smiled at Li Xuan, and handed the basket to Li Xuan.

"Don't talk about trouble, I should thank Madam, because Madam Li has harvested a lot of tea in the past two months, hehehe." Li Xuan stroked his beard and smiled, then took the basket and stretched out his hand from the basket. He grabbed a handful of tea leaves from the basket and smelled them under his nose, then raised his head and said to Mrs. Yuan, "Madam's tea is as good as ever, and the price will still be the same. Madam will follow you to pay the bill."

"That's really troublesome shopkeeper," Yuan said.

"Where is it, madam, please?" Li Xuan stroked his beard and shook his head, and went downstairs with a basket to lead the way.

"The top-grade tea leaves are five catties and eight taels, and one tael is 200 wen, a total of 11 taels and six hundred wen," Xiao Er sang from the side after weighing, and then took out ten taels of silver and two taels of broken silver from under the counter and handed them to the not far away Li Xuan at the office.

"Madam, please keep it well. I will buy some snacks for the little master next to me for the remaining few hundred coins. Madam will come more often next time." After Li Xuan handed over the money in his hand to Yuan Shi, he smiled. Said.

"The lady thanked the shopkeeper for her kindness, and the lady will come to bother you again next time." Yuan did not refuse, took the money handed over by the other party, smiled at shopkeeper Li, and then pulled Chunqiu beside her and turned to leave Went to Pinmingxuan.

The two stopped at the door of a cloth spinning shop, Chunqiu looked at the words "Baihuafang" written on the plaque, and reached out to touch Yuan Shi who was beside him.

"Huh? Mommy is distracted again." Yuan Shi came back to her senses after being touched by Chunqiu, and smiled unnaturally.

"Mother, shall we go in?" Chunqiu whispered.

"Go in, go in." After Yuan Shi finished speaking, she glanced at the plaque again, and then dragged Chunqiu in.

Baihuafang is a cloth spinning named after Baihua, and all the fabrics in it are pictures of flowers. After the two came in, Chunqiu was surprised by the fabrics in front of them.

It can be said that it is colorful and full of flowers.

The fabrics facing the door are covered with various flower patterns, such as red and rich peonies, golden osmanthus, pink peonies, fragrant golden chrysanthemums, red camellias, and broken star flowers. Everything you need.

Chunqiu was stunned for a moment, she stood there motionless, staring blankly at the fabric in front of her eyes, she never imagined that one day she could see such beautiful colors in ancient times, she thought it was all the bright red and green fabrics at home What about navy blue?

"Guests, is there anything you want to buy?" A middle-aged woman in a purple dress with large gardenias embroidered on it came out from behind the door. The woman was plump and well-proportioned. Combing the flying hairpin, looking at the two of Yuan with a smile, Yan Yan,

"Madam, I want to buy a few feet of fabric to make clothes for the children at home. I don't know which kind of fabric is suitable?" Yuan said to the lady boss with a smile.The tone was neither humble nor overbearing, and he was not confused by the other party's appearance at all.

The proprietress was a little surprised by Yuan's performance, but she quickly came back to her senses, looked down at Chunqiu beside Yuan, and pushed out the piece of cloth with star flower pattern not far away. "Is it for a lady? If I'm here, this pattern of star flowers is very suitable for a lady. After a while, the weather will be hot. This kind of cotton cloth is suitable for wearing on clothes. It is not close to the body and absorbs water, and the color is just right. Appropriate, what do you think?"

"Ma'am, if you don't believe me, you can take it out and try it out. The young lady has fair skin, so it really suits this kind of light blue-purple flower." The proprietress stretched out a corner of the fabric again, and handed it to Yuan Shi with a smile.

After Yuan Shi took it, she gestured at Chunqiu's body, and nodded in satisfaction, "The color of this fabric is really suitable for Niu Niu, lady boss, according to her height, give me a few more feet." Yuan Shi turned her head and pointed said the proprietress.

"How many clothes do you want to make?" asked the landlady.

"Two things" Yuan thought for a while.

The proprietress nodded, then took out a ruler and cut down about seven feet of fabric and put it aside, and asked, "Ma'am, do you need any other fabric?"

"Well, please bring me another piece of blue fabric, the kind used to make long gowns." Yuan thought about Yang Chunming's height, and still thought it would be better to get one, so that he could make a few more pieces.

"Madam's house is a young man who has a book? I'm here to congratulate my wife." The proprietress's sweet mouth was so sweet that Yuan's smile was all over her face.

When the mother and daughter came out, Yuan's basket was not only full of fabrics, but she was holding some in her hands.

In addition to buying some cloth for their family to make clothes, Yuan also bought a bolt of dark blue cloth and a bolt of blue cloth to make Yang Chunming's bed. These cloths cost Yuan three taels of silver in total. Well, Chunqiu should be worried about Yuan's discomfort, but when she saw her mother's smile on her face, she didn't show any distress. Obviously, her mother thought it was worth the money.

"Niuniu, let's go to the herbal hall, mother is waiting for you outside." Yuan Shi stood at the door of the herbal hall with the cloth in her arms, and said to Chunqiu who was about to enter.

"Hey, mother, don't worry, I'll come out right away." After Chunqiu finished speaking, he ran in with a basket on his back.

It can be said that Chunqiu knew the Herbal Medicine Hall like the back of his hand, bypassing the people buying medicine in the front hall, and ran straight to Doctor Zhou's place.

"Grandpa Zhou, Grandpa Zhou, Qiu'er is here" Chunqiu shouted towards the backyard while running.

"Let grandpa see who this is? So it's Qiu'er girl, what kind of treasure did Qiu'er girl bring here?" Dr. Zhou was arranging medicinal materials not far away, as if he already knew it was Chunqiu, and touched it with a smile Huzi's tone is familiar, and he even played a little joke with Chunqiu.

"It's medlars, Grandpa Zhou, Qiu'er has picked a lot of them." Chunqiu put the basket on the ground, tilted his head and said to Doctor Zhou.

"Oh? Goji berries? That's really a good thing." Doctor Zhou was surprised at first, then grabbed a handful of goji berries from the basket and put them in his hand, stretched out his hand to squeeze them, and tasted them in his mouth. Only then did he say to Chunqiu with a loving face, "Not bad, the quality is excellent, Qiu'er go to the front hall to find Dabao to pay the bill."

"Hee hee, Grandpa Zhou, take that Qiu'er." Chunqiu put the basket on his back with a smile, and waved his hand at Doctor Zhou.

Doctor Zhou waved his hand, then turned his head and continued to arrange the medicinal materials put aside.Chunqiu walked to the front hall with the basket on his back, and then ran two quick steps to Dabao who weighed the medicine, "Brother Dabao, this is wolfberry, and it will be calculated according to the original price." Chunqiu put the basket aside, and said to Dabao.

"Oh, it's Qiu'er sister, have you been to Doctor Zhou? Alright, brother Dabao will definitely measure it for you." Dabao heard someone calling him, but looked up but didn't see anyone.Still a little curious, then he looked down and was startled, what did he see?He actually saw a villain who was not as tall as the counter not far away looking at his age with embarrassing eyes.

Chunqiu raised his head and said, "Grandpa Zhou asked me to come here, Brother Dabao, come and call me."

Dabao came out from behind the counter, picked up the pannier beside the counter, and took out a small weighing scale from under the counter, and said, "Top-grade goji berries are worth five catties, eighty two or four, and 80 cash per catty, totaling 470 cash."

After Dabao sang the price, he took out the copper plate from the iron box at the side and handed it to Chunqiu, asking her to put it away.

"Brother Dabao, I still have a lot of goji berries at home, can you collect them from the Herbal Medicine Hall?" Chunqiu asked curiously, she really had dozens of catties at home. Today she is small, but she just carried a little back Try it, Chunqiu plans to make wolfberry medicinal wine if it can't be sold out.

"Come over here, this Herbal House is just a branch, there are other places, just send it over, sister Qiu'er," Dabao said, patting his chest.

"Yeah, then I know, I'll have my uncle deliver it in two days, Brother Dabao, I'm leaving." Chunqiu nodded.

"Sister Qiu'er, walk slowly!" Dabao shouted towards the door.

When Chunqiu came out, he handed over all the copper coins in his hand to Yuan Shi, and also told Yuan Shi the news of his previous arrival.

"Mother got it, Niuniu, let's go back, or your grandma should be in a hurry." Yuan Shi raised her head and glanced at the sun, and estimated the time, it should be more than half of the time.

When Chunqiu and the others came back, except for some rabbit fur that no one cares about, the rest of the Yang family's stall was sold out. Yang and Li's impatient look this morning had long since disappeared, and the whole person was With a smile on his face, Chunqiu secretly guessed, it seems that her milk has sold for a lot of money.

"Hey, my good granddaughter is back, hurry up and go to your aunt's house with grandma." Seeing Chunqiu appearing, Mrs. Yang and Li ran up to Chunqiu in a stride, and pulled Chunqiu to leave after speaking .

"Mom, what to do with the rabbit fur?" Seeing that Mrs. Yang and Li were about to leave, Yang Weisong hurriedly stood up from the stall and called to her mother.

"Go to the clothing store and ask, why are you so stupid?" Yang Li said angrily.

"Hey, I know." Yang Weisong knelt down and didn't speak after hearing his wife's disgust.

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"Let's go, good granddaughter, grandma will take you to eat something delicious." Yang Lishi pulled Chunqiu with an excited face, while Chunqiu looked full of black lines, her grandma was treating her like a baby.

"Second daughter-in-law, go back quickly, I'm going to take my good granddaughter away." Yang Li said to Yuan Shi with a straight face.

"Hey, mother, let's go." Yuan Shi nodded, signaling Chunqiu to be more honest, and then took the cloth from Chunqiu's arms and put them on the stall beside him.

Just like that, Mrs. Yang and Li dragged Chunqiu away. Seeing her mother's helpless look, Chunqiu could only lower his head and smile wryly. Her grandma hadn't asked her if she wanted to go?Forget it, as long as her grandma is happy.

The grocery store of her aunt's house is located in the snack street in the town, surrounded by restaurants and restaurants, and the most conspicuous one in the middle is the Gao's grocery store of her uncle's house.

At this time, the main entrance of the grocery store was closed, leaving only the small door on the side open. Mrs. Yang Li pulled Chunqiu and walked in through the small door, walked through the front hall, and walked through a long corridor, directly Come to the backyard.

Gao Qing was packing up some sundries in the backyard. After all, he was about to leave. Gao Qing was going to sell all these unnecessary things.

After Gao Qing finished packing, he looked up and saw Yang Lishi and Chunqiu not far away, quickly put the things in his hands aside, and said to Yang Lishi, "Oh, mother, why didn't you tell me when you came here, I can go pick you up"

"We're here today to sell goods. If we're thinking about it, we'll come and have a look. It's okay." Mrs. Yang and Li said with a smile, and then looked around in the yard, but she couldn't see her daughter, so she asked immediately, " Where's Juaner?"

"Hehehe..." Gao Qing stroked his hair and became happy when he heard this, and didn't answer Yang Li's words.

Yang Li frowned a little unhappy, looked at the son-in-law who was a little silly, and then asked, "I said son-in-law, where is my Juan'er? You should just say something."

"Oh? Oh oh oh" Gao Qing finally came to his senses, and said with a simple and honest face, "Mother, Juan'er is lying in the room, don't worry, Juan'er is fine." Gao Qing saw Yang Li and heard Juan'er lying down. Seeing the look of wanting to rush in, she quickly reached out to stop Yang and Li, and explained incoherently, "Mother, Juan'er has it again, and she is lying on the bed resting." After finishing speaking, Gao Qing became silly again.

When Yang Lishi heard it, she was also taken aback, then directly threw away Gao Qing's arm lying in front of her, and rushed in like an arrow.

Yang Meijuan is lying on the bed embroidering a child's clothes.He suddenly heard the sound of pushing the door open at the door, thought Gao Qing had come in, and just wanted him to bring him a glass of water, but when he looked up, the words stuck in his mouth.

"...Mom, why are you here?" Yang Meijuan was a little surprised, and hurriedly prepared to go to the ground, but was directly stopped by the hand extended by Yang Lishi. Yang Meijuan looked at her mother with some puzzlement, only to see Yang Lishi's face excited, " Juan'er, you have a body again, how can you be so reckless, the child is important, go back and lie down."

"Mother, it's okay, it's only been over a month, don't worry," Yang Meijuan said with a smile.I thought her mother must have heard what Gao Qing said.

After hearing this, Yang Li's face tightened, and he said seriously, "No, no, go to bed and lie down. It's the most dangerous time for more than a month, so stay here." Yang Li pushed Yang Meijuan onto the bed involuntarily, and then Pulled the quilt on the side and covered her, "Oh, what time are you doing, what are you still embroidering, leave it alone, mother will embroider for you" Yang Lishi snatched the embroidery work from Yang Meijuan's hand Put it on the cabinet at the side, and waited until the work was done before sitting by the bed holding Yang Meijuan's hand.

"I said Juan'er, this matter is not a trivial matter. You are still planning to leave at the end of July. Are you in a hurry? If not, let's talk about it a month later." Yang Li said while counting the days, for fear of going to Linfang The county is far away, let the daughter suffer on the road.

"It's okay, mother, I was still three months old at that time, and I had a firm tire, and Gao Qing would hire a carriage, it's okay." Yang Meijuan comforted Yang Li beside her, for fear that her mother would not let her go if she was in a hurry. she left.

"Really? Didn't you lie to your mother?" Yang Li still didn't believe it.

"No, mother, if you don't believe me, you can ask Dr. Zhou, he personally told me this." After Yang Meijuan finished speaking, she looked at her belly that still couldn't see the ups and downs with a gentle look. There are still eight months left, and she will Another child born in blood.

"That's good, mother, don't worry." After hearing what Dr. Zhou said, Mrs. Yang and Li stopped asking.

"Mom, what are you doing here today?" Yang Meijuan was a little curious, she hadn't told her mother that she was pregnant yet, how did her mother know.

"Didn't I come to see you at the market? Who would have thought that you have a body, and it happens that there are a few old hens in your mother's house, and the effect of nourishing your body is the best. Just wait, mother will give you back soon." Take it home." After Yang Lishi finished speaking, before Yang Meijuan could speak, she went out like a gust of wind.

Before Chunqiu entered the house, she was dragged away again by Yang Lishi. Yang Lishi didn't bother to talk to Gao Qing, she just wanted to go home and catch some old hens to make up for her daughter.

When the two came back, Mrs. Yang and Li couldn't wait to take old man Yang to drive home. Everyone still couldn't understand Mrs. Yang's mindless action. Put it away and get in the car directly.

On the way back, Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Li were very excited, Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Yuan looked at his mother's appearance, and they all silently agreed.

Only then did Yuan Shi remember what her daughter might know, and quickly called Chunqiu who was playing with Chunhua at the side, Yuan Shi lowered her head and said into Chunqiu's ear, "Niuniu, what's wrong with your grandma?" Could it be that she picked up money? up?Yuan Shi was suspicious.

After Chunqiu heard Yuan Shi's words, he glanced at her mother very godly, and then continued to play.

"You little girl, tell me quickly." Seeing her daughter's virtue, Yuan Shi made a cross on her forehead.

Chunqiu looked at her mother who wanted to get angry but couldn't, and laughed inwardly, her mother was so funny, Chunqiu hurriedly coughed twice, and then leaned into Yuan's ear and said, "My aunt has a baby again. , Grandma is in a hurry to go home and catch chickens."

"!!!" Yuan Shi was dumbfounded.

After Chunqiu saw her mother's expression, he continued to play games with Chunhua happily.

After getting out of the car, Li Shi Yang called Yuan Shi who was still in shock and Gu Shi who didn't know anything, and got into the chicken rack. The three of them worked together to catch three old hens that were laying eggs. Yang Li Shi was afraid that it would not be enough.He also loaded the hares that were left at home to eat meat into the car, and then let old man Yang drive away. ,
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